% Text title            : Atmanatha Stuti 1
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% Description/comments  : From Atmanatha Stuti Manjari, Ed. S. V. Radhakrishna Sastri
% Latest update         : December 12, 2022
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\engtitle{.. Atmanatha Stuti Vishnukrita ..}##
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aNIyAMsamAdyaM mahIyAMsamIshaM
      hR^idantassarojAntarasthaM taTastham |
anantaM hyachintyaM vichintyasvarUpaM
      sadA kundamUleshvaraM sannamAmi || 1
sadAnandakandaM chidAnandamUlaM
      mahAnandarUpaM maheshaM girIsham |
agamyaM hi tarkaiH sugamyaM munIndraiH
      sadA kundamUleshvaraM sannamAmi || 2||
prapa~nchAtiriktaM prapa~nchasvarUpaM
      jagatprANarUpaM jagattrANadhIram |
svakukShisthalokaM jagatsAkShiNaM taM
      sadA kundamUleshvaraM sannamAmi || 3||
nirAkAramachChaM nirIhairnirIkShyaM
      nijaM nirmataM nirmalaM dharmarUpam |
nirAkAramo~NkAramAdyaM hyabhedyaM
      sadA kundamUleshvaraM sannamAmi || 4||
samastaM samAkR^iShya lInaM cha kAle
      visR^ijyAtha sarvaM yathAvatsR^ijantam |
hR^idantaH pravishyAtha sarvaM naTantaM
      sadA kundamUleshvaraM sannamAmi || 5||
guNAtItamIDyaM guNAnAM nidAnaM
      jaganmUlakandaM jagaddeshikaM tam |
bhuja~NgeshahAraM trayIsArasAraM
      sadA kundamUleshvaraM sannamAmi || 6||
vahantaM karairvahnisR^ikpustakAni
      bhuja~NgaM varaM chAbhayaM doH sthalaishcha |
chaturbhistriNetrAnvitaM dakShiNAsyaM
      sadA kundamUleshvaraM sannamAmi || 7||
vishuddhaM prasiddhaM tvasiddhAtidUraM
      vishuddhAntara~Nge sadA saMvasantam |
nitAntaM naTantaM kR^itAntaM haraM taM
      sadA kundamUleshvaraM sannamAmi || 8||
vaTasthaM variShThaM dR^iDhasthaM gariShThaM
      kulInaM dhurINaM pravINaM purANam |
sumodaM sunAdaM suvedaikavAdaM
      sadA kundamUleshvaraM sannamAmi || 9||
sadAnandasampUrNamodAvahaM taM
      hariproktamIshasya ratnastavaM yaH |
sakR^idvApi yatra sthito vApi martyaH
      paThedbhaktitaH sachchidAnandabhAg syAt || 10||

iti shrIviShNukR^itA AtmanAthastutiH samAptA |
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Tirupperunthurai (also called the
Athmanathaswamy temple) is located in
Avudaiyarkoil village, near Aranthangi in
the Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu. It
was built to honor Lord Shiva. The presiding
deity is formless (Atmanatar); there is no
Śivalingam but only a pedestal (AvudayAr)
located in the sanctum, hence the name
Avudayar Koil. The God faces South in this
temple- in Dakshinamurthy or Guru form. His
consort is worshipped as SivayoganAyaki
(YogAmbAl) in iconless form. There is no
Nandi bull icon as is conventional in almost
all Shiva temples.

There is deep spiritual significance in
this. Hinduism allows deity worship for the
novice. As one's devotion matures, one begins
to contemplate the truth of formlessness of
the Brahman. The temple has been designed
to illustrate this theology. This one of the
rarest Saivite shrines in whole of India to
portray the supreme truth symbolically. Since
the soul (athma) has no form, the deity is
called Athmanathar.

Legend has it that Manickavasagar, one of the
four Saivite savants, constructed the temple
at Avudaiyarkoil.


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